Display MoreSomeday, great find, and many thanks for this.
I have added this new book to our list
Here's what the publishers have to say
TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
New John Wayne biography zooms to top of UK, US Kindle sales
* When The Legend Became Fact - The True Life of John Wayne has zoomed to the top of the UK Kindle sales rankings on Amazon.com and sits at # 5 in US rankings in the six days since the book's release.
* A meticulously researched and starkly written expose' into the true life of Hollywood's cowboy icon, the book contains startling revelations about John Wayne's personal life -- his affairs, his alcoholism, his fits of explosive violence, his mammoth insecurities -- all traits not associated with the image of the public John Wayne. The book further details the actor's many private falls from grace, all the while his public image was protected by an army of publicists who portrayed him as the quintessential American icon.
* When The Legend Became Fact - The True Life of John Wayne, by Richard Douglas Jensen, is available in print and Kindle formats exclusively from Amazon.com.
Geez he was a man not a idol on a pedestal. A lot loved JFK too while he was alive they did not call that era Camelot for nothing yet after he was dead, the stories of his affairs and other issues came out. Not one person living or dead is perfect nor should they be. Lets accept the duke for what he was A hell of a actor who loved this country and showed it and was a hell of a man faults and all. Sounds what a publisher would say it sells books.